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Council’s CDM regs violation led to falling roof trusses
Work at height
Council’s CDM regs violation led to falling roof trusses
Hundreds caught waterborne infection in dirty pool
Chemicals
Hundreds caught waterborne infection in dirty pool
Pub co fined over Slug and Lettuce hand injury
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Pub co fined over Slug and Lettuce hand injury

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Work equipment
Singapore regulator’s campaign to focus on hand injuries

Manufacturers in Singapore have been told to enforce control methods to reduce hand and finger injuries in the sector and to promote near-miss reporting.
Confined spaces
Housing association and lift co fined £1.5m for five-year-old’s death in disability lift

A housing association has been fined £1m after a five-year-old girl died from head and neck injuries in a disability lift at her home in Weymouth, Dorset. The lift maintenance contractor has been handed a £533,000 fine while a charge against the property firm’s sister company has been ordered to be left to lie on the court file and was not separately sentenced.
Ergonomics
Council weighs in with smaller recycling boxes to minimise MSDs

South Lakeland District Council has reduced the size of its recycling containers to reduce the risk of its refuse collectors developing musculoskeletal disorders and fatigue.
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Features

Table talk, mental health first aid expert discussion
Mental health
Mental health
Table talk: mental health
Virtual-reality-training
Skills
Virtual reality training
Alternative realities
EHS-Congress-2018-Berlin-Germany
Culture
Conference report
EHS Congress 2018

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Ergonomics
Case study
Toyota: Critical moves

Operatives take a front seat in MSD risk reduction on Toyota’s production lines. 
Management systems
ISO 45001
Early doors

We talk to four early registrants to the new management standard about their experiences and what surprised them. 
Leadership
Leader interview
Karl Simons, Thames Water

The London utility’s OSH and security head is driving down injury rates with a ‘culture of care’.
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Columns

Duncan Spencer
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why mandating mental health first aiders is no silver bullet

Andrew Sharman CFIOSH
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ancient Chinese military strategy offers key lessons on deploying OSH forces

Products and services

E-man helmets protect workers against electrical, arc flash risks and molten metal splashes
Personal protective equipment
E-MAN helmets protect workers against electrical, arc flash risks and molten metal splashes
Innovation and evolution sees Riley launch new STREAM EVO
Personal protective equipment
Innovation and evolution sees Riley launch new STREAM EVO
New glove sampling service launched by Unigloves
Personal protective equipment
New glove sampling service launched by Unigloves

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Qualifications
'NEBOSH set me up for success,' says B&Q health and safety adviser

Matt McDonnell is Health and Safety Adviser at B&Q. His journey to his current role began 17 years ago when he decided not to go to university; instead took a full-time role at a high street retailer.
Career development
Get your team recognised in the Safety & Health Excellence Awards 2019

There's still time to get your team, employee or business recognised for its outstanding contribution to health and safety or fire safety. The Health and Safety Team of the Year Award (sponsored by NEBOSH) is one of 11 categories for this year's Safety & Health Excellence Awards.
Skills
RRC new courses for 2019

For 2019 RRC are introducing two new NEBOSH Courses to its Dubai classroom schedule along with expanding the courses offered in its UK centres.

Launched in London in mid 2018, RRC’s NEBOSH HSE Certificate in H&S Leadership Excellence course has proven exceptionally popular and for...
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